Miresua is an imaginary, artificial, constructed language; a conlang. These words are not randomly generated. Miresua is an eclectic alphabetic mix of Basque and Finnish, two unrelated European languages.

28 November 2007

avari = linen (noun) (some things Google found for "avari": an uncommon term; Avari Hotels International in Pakistan and Dubai; a wild forest-dwelling Elven folk in the fictional works of J.R.R. Tolkien; a last name, notably British-Indian actor Erick Avari; Avari Press is a publishing company specializing in fantasy literature; Avari Skin Therapy products of Australia; AVARI stands for Association for Voluntary Action Research in Ireland; Avari bottle opener or shopping-trolley token or key ring from Finland; Avari and Associates Tax Investigation Consultants of the UK; a feminine first name; Avari Deli and Bistro near Cincinnati; means "brokedown, failure, fault, hitch" in Albanian; similar word "avarus" means "greedy, avaricious" in Latin; a place in Cuba)

24 November 2007

ziska = silk (noun) (some things Google found for "ziska": a very common term; a last name, notably 15th century Czech general and Hussite leader John Ziska or Jan Žižka; title of a 1897 book by Marie Corelli which is subtitled The Problem of a Wicked Soul; user name; Ziska Architects & Associates of Ohio; Ziska Pharmaceuticals Ltd. of Bangladesh)

20 November 2007

The suffix -sne forms adjectives and expresses abundance in Miresua. This grammatical suffix was first mentioned in my posting for "wooly". Below are a some more examples of using this suffix to build adjectives in Miresua.

16 November 2007

The suffix -ze means "is composed of, or mostly of, a material" in Miresua. This grammatical suffix was first mentioned in my posting for "woolen". Below are listed some more examples of using this suffix to build adjectives in Miresua.

The Basque suffix -tsu forms adjectives, expresses abundance. The Finnish suffix "-inen" or "nen" changes a noun to an adjective. In Miresua, the suffix "-sne" (or -isne) will mean "covered with or an abundance of a material". The "sn" combination doesn't seem to appear in either Basque or Finnish, but I think I will allow it Miresua to be different.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for "woolly" is now "avilesne".

The Basque suffix "-zko" means "is made of material". The Finnish suffix "-nen" changes a noun to an adjective. In Miresua, the suffix "-ze" will mean "is made of material, or mostly of material". This is a adjectival suffix in Miresua grammar. It can and will be used to create additional words.

This Miresua conlang word has been changed. The word for "woolen" is now "avileze".

02 November 2007

lirla = wool (noun) (some things Google found for "lirla": an uncommon to rare term; a feminine first name; gaming character names; name of a seal point Siamese cat; name of a fairy art character; may mean something in Chinese; user names; LIRLA stands for Low Interest Revolving Loan Account in Maryland; means "to sing a lullaby, trill, whistle" in an early Germanic language which may be Norwegian)

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Young enough to daydream, old enough to be somewhat realistic. I'm creating words in a made-up language. I'm not a linguist. Mariska is an old-fashioned Hungarian form of the name Mary. It's pronounced Marishka.

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About Miresua

Miresua is a scramble of Basque and Finnish, two languages that I don't actually speak but I find interesting. Words are intended to look foreign to English speakers.

There is nobody in this world that speaks Miresua as their native language. Miresua is a made-up, constructed language used in my fantasy writing.

The Basque and Finnish words shown are correct to the best of my knowledge.

When I say that a word equals something in English that is my definition only; it's not true in the real world. The miscellaneous information I list about the words is what Google search found on the Internet for that word.

The grammar of Miresua will take rules from Basque and Finnish. Miresua will be agglutinative language (as are Basque and Finnish), a regular language with a high rate of affixes per word. Miresua will be a Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) language, which is like Basque, but unlike Finnish (and English). Although unlike Basque, but like Finnish, adjectives occur before the noun which they modify. Miresua, unlike Finnish, doesn't feature vowel harmony. (For my experiment with vowel harmony, see my Samgur artlang).

Finnish language

Finnish (native name: Suomi) is spoken in Finland. It is a minority language in the Northern European countries of Sweden, Norway, Russia, and Estonia. Finnish is a member of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family (which also includes Hungarian). There are about 6 million total speakers of Finnish.

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Basque language

Basque (native name: Euskara) is spoken by in Basque Country, a region in the western Pyrenees mountains of Spain and France. Basque is a language with no demonstrable relationship with any other living language. There are about 1 million total speakers of Basque.